Vista 64!! Problem

[carragreat]

Hello,

When I am installing Vista 64...

"Where do you want to install Windows?" - Window heading

Both the HDDs come up on the screen and under 'name' heading its says....

"Disk 0 Unallocated Space"
and "Disk 1 Unallocated Space"

There is an option "format" but its greyed out

When I select either of the HDDs there is a warning message at bottom of screen saying:

"This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

Then when I ignore this warning and click "next" it says...

"Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation"

Neither of my HDDs will work?

Both brand new... there is something subtley wrong but I cant see it.



Please Help

Much appreciated

Thanks for reading

[Asus P5KC, 2 x 500GB Sata II HDDs]

 

[FatRakoon]

Most Likely culprit =

The Disk O and Disk 1 are SATA

Your Motherboard's SATA controler, is simply unknown properly by Vista.

What you need is to get the SATA Drivers for the SATA Controler onto a Floppy disk so the install can use them.

 

[carragreat]

ok, thanks man.

I will need to install Floppy disk drive ???

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

ok, thanks man.

I will need to install Floppy disk drive ???

I think you can do it from USB for some motherboards, but you'd need to find the instructions.

 

[mattyrigby00]

try installing with only 1 drive connected

 

[carragreat]

Thanks for interest m8

I got a CD w/ mobo - asus p5kc

It says it has vista drivers inside

problem: the CD does not run automatically (even though it says it does) and comes up with some messages on screen including:

corrupt or unpartitioned drive 01
corrupt or unpartitioned drive 01
and it waiting for an input

Any ideas?

 

[Final8y]

Ok i have had that problem only on one motherboard out of 4.

It turned out that it was the USB Stick that was plugged in when trying to install.